Category:Stormlords - Revision history

Termie at 01:19, 6 June 2025

2025-06-06T01:19:07Z

3nki: /* Fighting */

2023-06-25T20:35:01Z

Fighting

3nki: /* Stormlord Creation */

2021-07-13T21:13:40Z

Stormlord Creation

3nki at 15:11, 7 October 2020

2020-10-07T15:11:18Z

3nki: /* Practicing */

2019-07-12T20:06:16Z

Practicing

MEEP: /* Stormlords at Lord Tier */

2014-06-01T07:01:34Z

Stormlords at Lord Tier

MEEP: /* Stormlord Remort Options */

2014-05-28T02:34:27Z

Stormlord Remort Options

MEEP: /* Stormlords at Lord Tier */

2014-05-28T02:21:44Z

Stormlords at Lord Tier

WinterRose at 20:38, 25 November 2013

2013-11-25T20:38:05Z

WinterRose at 11:36, 21 November 2013

2013-11-21T11:36:03Z

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	After hero 101 stormlords focus on [[:Category:Stormlord Class Definers\|sustained spells]]. These spells require the caster to stand still and not enter any commands except ''look'', ''score'', ''gtalk'', ''time'' and similar - even ''group'', ''buddytalk'' or ''scan'' will break the maintained spells, for example. In return, these spells give little to no lag, are relatively cheap to cast and deal considerable damage (as well as other effects, depending on the spell). After hero level 675 when stormlords gain access to [[Stratum]], which is a special spell (cast it before casting another maintained spell) that enhances the effectiveness of other maintained spells.		After hero 101 stormlords focus on [[:Category:Stormlord Class Definers\|sustained spells]]. These spells require the caster to stand still and not enter any commands except ''look'', ''score'', ''gtalk'', ''time'' and similar - even ''group'', ''buddytalk'' or ''scan'' will break the maintained spells, for example. In return, these spells give little to no lag, are relatively cheap to cast and deal considerable damage (as well as other effects, depending on the spell). After hero level 675 when stormlords gain access to [[Stratum]], which is a special spell (cast it before casting another maintained spell) that enhances the effectiveness of other maintained spells.
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		+	Commands that don't break sustain:
		+	- look
		+	- scan (won't let you scan though)
		+	- prac
		+	- hero
		+	- chat (probably all the chats)
		+	-
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		+	Commands that do break sustain:
		+	- spells
		+	- group
		+	- cast even if you don't specify a spell
		+	- stand even if you are already standing

	This type of spellcasting makes stormlords suitable for grouping, as they find it difficult to run out of mana, and their spells work best when being tanked. The primary downside of stormlords - their surging ability being capped at 3 - does not apply to the sustained spells (which are unsurgeable), but will limit their solo activities to some degree.		This type of spellcasting makes stormlords suitable for grouping, as they find it difficult to run out of mana, and their spells work best when being tanked. The primary downside of stormlords - their surging ability being capped at 3 - does not apply to the sustained spells (which are unsurgeable), but will limit their solo activities to some degree.

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 '''Hitting:''' Make pretty decent hitters once they get some mana, especially if somewhat more brutish race and/or worshiping a melee-increasing deities like Quixoltan or Bhyss. Cloudburst does better damage than disintegrate, and it's activation works with chaos channel; so even a stm with relatively low mana can run for a pretty long time. Hail storm if the tank is fighting multiple mobs. If in EHA, of if the group has dedicated bashers, consider sleet where appropriate.
-'''Healing:''' Same as most other arcane casters, stormlords can brandish healing staves, and also have access to [[Heal]] in emergencies.
+'''Healing:''' Same as most other arcane casters, stormlords can brandish healing staves, and also have access to [[Heal]] in emergencies. It's worth noting the [[Arcane Knowledge]] skill is out-of-class for Stormlords.
 == Stormlords at Lord Tier ==

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 # Level 50 [[:Category: Mages |Mage]].
-# A race without the [[Racial Nosun|no-sun racial]]. [[Gargoyles]] are exempt from the no-sun rule, however. (Incidentally, stormlords are the only prestige class gargoyles are applicable for, and actually make decent stm.)
+# A race without the [[Racial Nosun|no-sun racial]]. [[Gargoyles]] are exempt from the no-sun rule, however. (Incidentally, Stormlords, [[:Category:Rippers |Rippers]] and [[:Category:Viziers |Viziers]] are the only prestige classes gargoyles are applicable for, and they actually make decent stm.)
 # The weather must be stormy (lightning). To accomplish this, cast [[Control Weather]] with the argument "worse" once per game hour (about 10 minutes) until it starts to storm. This can take a while, as the weather can be stubborn.

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−	''All [[:Category: Mages \|mages]] learn some magic that harnesses the power of the sky, but only a few have the dedication to become Stormlords. Masters of the weather, Stormlords wield a unique arsenal of sustained damage-over-time spells. They are tougher than [[:Category: Mages \|mages]], but give up some of their [[Surge \|surging]] power as they favor more reliable, consistant damage. Like all [[:Category: Prestige Classes \|Prestige Classes]], they retain the [[:Category: Core Classes \|original class]]'s [[Prime Requisite \|Prime Requisite]], in this case, [[Intelligence \|Intelligence]]. Stormlords find the magic of [[:Category: Sorcerers \|Sorcerors]] to be a perversion of nature, and thus never gain access to that [[:Category: Remort Classes \|Remort Class]].''	+	''All [[:Category: Mages \|mages]] learn some magic that harnesses the power of the sky, but only a few have the dedication to become Stormlords. Masters of the weather, Stormlords wield a unique arsenal of sustained damage-over-time spells. They are tougher than [[:Category: Mages \|mages]], but give up some of their [[Surge \|surging]] power as they favor more reliable, consistant damage.''
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		+	''Like all [[:Category: Prestige Classes \|Prestige Classes]], they retain the [[:Category: Core Classes \|original class]]'s [[Prime Requisite \|Prime Requisite]], in this case, [[Intelligence \|Intelligence]]. Stormlords find the magic of [[:Category: Sorcerers \|Sorcerors]] to be a perversion of nature, and thus never gain access to that [[:Category: Remort Classes \|Remort Class]].''

	'''Abbreviation:''' Stm.		'''Abbreviation:''' Stm.

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 Once hero 101+ these major spells are available:
-* [[Cloudburst]] - the primary single-target attack spell. It costs about half of a disintegrate and does more damage.
+* [[Cloudburst]] - the primary single-target attack spell. It costs about a quarter of a disintegrate and does more damage.
-* [[Hail Storm]] - the primary area attack spell, it is also very mana efficient as it does significantly more damage than [[Acid Rain]].
+* [[Hail Storm]] - the primary area attack spell, it does significantly more damage than [[Acid Rain]] for about a third of the cost.
 * [[Sleet]] - useful on EHA runs or wherever bashing enemies helps the group more than the stormlord's other damage spells.
 * [[Gale]] - rarely used until Lord tier, it prevents the enemy archers from longshoting into the group's room.

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 == Stormlords at Lord Tier ==
-At lord tier, stormlords receive comparable mana to a mage, but use it at a faster rate since they lack chaos channel and need to recast their sustained spells every time they get hit by an area spell. This can be mitigated somewhat by using strata (see below), and even more if you are fortunate enough to find a priest willing to cast [[Solitude]] on you.  Since maelstrom doesn't do much damage with when cast by a stormlord, they use [[Thunderhead]] and [[Blizzard]] for single-target and area attacks, respectively.
+At lord tier, stormlords receive comparable mana to a mage, but use it at a faster rate since they lack chaos channel and need to recast their sustained spells every time they get hit by an area spell. This can be mitigated somewhat by using strata (see below), and even more if you are fortunate enough to find a priest willing to cast [[Solitude]] on you.  Since maelstrom does comparatively little damage and they don't get access to meteor swarm, they use [[Thunderhead]] and [[Blizzard]] for single-target and area attacks, respectively.
 Another utility spell is [[Stratum]], which is not used much at hero tier due to high costs and being easily interrupted. Using a gale stratum will allow you to avoid most area effect spells which would have damaged you as well as stopped your sustained spell. Sleet stratum lowers your chances of getting aggied (in addition to making bashes easier), although it'll break the first time you do get aggied and you can't stratum again for a few ticks after. Thunderhead or blizzard stratum raise the damage done by their respective spells, allowing you to hit harder.

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 == Stormlord Remort Options ==
-Stormlords cannot remort class, so only racial remort is available. As usual for a caster class, any race with good magical abilities will do well. High elf, sprite, demonseed, tuataur and dragon are all good options, just watch out for sprite's poor survivability and dragon's tnl. The extra hp of stm may help sprites.
+Stormlords cannot remort class, so only racial remort is available. Stm is one of the most forgiving casting classes for races without nofail due to the lack of lag on sustained spells. At lord tier, any race with a larger mana pool (such as Elf, Tua, Cen) will be very effective.  Note that sprites can struggle with this class somewhat compared to many other casting classes due to their lack of reliable damage avoidance spells (e.g. mystical barrier, illusory shield), so expect to suffer a bit more from area spells and wandering aggros.
 [[Category:Prestige Classes]]

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 Stormlords are very similar to their parent class ([[:Category: Mages |Mages]]) until hero level 101, where they begin to differ. For a guide how to play a stormlord up to hero 101, see the article on [[:Category: Mages |Mages]].
-After hero 101 stormlords focus on [[:Category:Stormlord Class Definers|sustained spells]]. These spells require the caster to stand still and not enter any commands except ''look'', ''score'', ''gtalk'', ''buddytalk'', ''time'' and similar - even ''group'' or ''scan'' will break the maintained spells, for example. In return, these spells give little to no lag, are relatively cheap to cast and deal considerable damage (as well as other effects, depending on the spell). After hero level 675 when stormlords gain access to [[Stratum]], which is a special spell (cast it before casting another maintained spell) that enhances the effectiveness of other maintained spells.
+After hero 101 stormlords focus on [[:Category:Stormlord Class Definers|sustained spells]]. These spells require the caster to stand still and not enter any commands except ''look'', ''score'', ''gtalk'', ''time'' and similar - even ''group'', ''buddytalk'' or ''scan'' will break the maintained spells, for example. In return, these spells give little to no lag, are relatively cheap to cast and deal considerable damage (as well as other effects, depending on the spell). After hero level 675 when stormlords gain access to [[Stratum]], which is a special spell (cast it before casting another maintained spell) that enhances the effectiveness of other maintained spells.
 This type of spellcasting makes stormlords suitable for grouping, as they find it difficult to run out of mana, and their spells work best when being tanked. The primary downside of stormlords - their surging ability being capped at 3 - does not apply to the sustained spells (which are unsurgeable), but will limit their solo activities to some degree.

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 Stormlords are very similar to their parent class ([[:Category: Mages |Mages]]) until hero level 101, where they begin to differ. For a guide how to play a stormlord up to hero 101, see the article on [[:Category: Mages |Mages]].
-After hero 101 stormlords focus on [[:Category:Stormlord Class Definers|sustained spells]]. These spells require the caster to stand still and not enter any commands. In return, these spells give little to no lag, are cheap to cast and deal considerable damage (as well as other effects, depending on the spell). After hero level 675 when stormlords gain access to [[Stratum]], they can both maintain the spells and perform other activities like hitting, under favorable conditions.
+After hero 101 stormlords focus on [[:Category:Stormlord Class Definers|sustained spells]]. These spells require the caster to stand still and not enter any commands except ''look'', ''score'', ''gtalk'', ''buddytalk'', ''time'' and similar - even ''group'' or ''scan'' will break the maintained spells, for example. In return, these spells give little to no lag, are relatively cheap to cast and deal considerable damage (as well as other effects, depending on the spell). After hero level 675 when stormlords gain access to [[Stratum]], which is a special spell (cast it before casting another maintained spell) that enhances the effectiveness of other maintained spells.
 This type of spellcasting makes stormlords suitable for grouping, as they find it difficult to run out of mana, and their spells work best when being tanked. The primary downside of stormlords - their surging ability being capped at 3 - does not apply to the sustained spells (which are unsurgeable), but will limit their solo activities to some degree.
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 # Level 50 [[:Category: Mages |Mage]].
-# A race without the [[Racial Nosun|no-sun racial]]. [[Gargoyles]] are exempt from the no-sun rule, however. (Incidentally, stormlords are the only prestige class gargoyles are applicable for, and actually make excellent stm.)
+# A race without the [[Racial Nosun|no-sun racial]]. [[Gargoyles]] are exempt from the no-sun rule, however. (Incidentally, stormlords are the only prestige class gargoyles are applicable for, and actually make decent stm.)
 # The weather must be stormy (lightning). To accomplish this, cast [[Control Weather]] with the argument "worse" once per game hour (about 10 minutes) until it starts to storm. This can take a while, as the weather can be stubborn.
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 == Stormlords at Hero Tier ==
-As noted above, until hero 101 the stormlords behave identical to mages without sneak and move hidden and with a cap on surging. Post hero 101 their grouping capabilities expand and they become great hitters and solid tanks, similar to other casters.
+As noted above, until hero 101 the stormlords behave identical to mages without sneak and move hidden and with a cap on surging. Post hero 101 their grouping capabilities expand and they become great hitters and solid tanks (tanking is similar to other casters).
 === Training ===
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 === Practicing ===
-Practice the regular skills and spells: sanctuary, frenzy, cure blind/poison/disease, foci-subspells (if you haven't already), all transportation spells (you should already have these), the weapon subset (parry, dodge, shield block, second and third attack, enhanced damage) and finally the cures up to heal for emergencies.
+Practice the regular skills and spells: sanctuary, frenzy, cure blind/poison/disease, foci-subspells (if you haven't already), all transportation spells (you should already have these), the weapon subset (parry, dodge, shield block, second and third attack, enhanced damage, dual) and finally the cures up to heal for emergencies.
 Once hero 101+ these major spells are available:
 * [[Cloudburst]] - the primary single-target attack spell. It costs about half of a disintegrate and does more damage.
-* [[Hail Storm]] - the primary area attack spell, it is also very mana efficient and does significantly more damage than [[Acid Rain]].
+* [[Hail Storm]] - the primary area attack spell, it is also very mana efficient as it does significantly more damage than [[Acid Rain]].
 * [[Sleet]] - useful on EHA runs or wherever bashing enemies helps the group more than the stormlord's other damage spells.
 * [[Gale]] - rarely used until Lord tier, it prevents the enemy archers from longshoting into the group's room.
 * [[Spring Rain]] - incredibly useful in and off the battlefield, the spring rain slowly fills up mana and hp of everyone in the room.
-* [[Stratum]] - Only available to superheroes, stratum increases the effectiveness and ease-of-use of all the sustained spells, but is costly and prone to interruptions.
+* [[Stratum]] - Only available to superheroes and lords, stratum increases the effectiveness of all the sustained spells, but is costly and prone to interruptions.
 === Devoting ===
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 This is because:
 * While grouped stormlords do regular melee damage whenever not sustaining spells. Both Qxl and Bhy help melee damage.
-* Stm spells have little to no lag, and it is possible to break the sustaining whenever one wishes. Thus the Qxl lag penalty is not relevant.
+* Stm spell activation causes little to no lag, and it is possible to break the sustaining whenever one wishes. Thus the Qxl lag penalty is not relevant.
 * Stm get more hp than mages, so Bhy HP penalty might not be noticeable.
-* Stm get less mana than mages, but their weather spells cost half of mage's usual spells by default, and deal more damage - so Bhy's lack of mana gain bonus may not be relevant either.
+* Stm get less mana than mages, but maintaining their weather spells cost half of mage's usual spells by default, and they deal more damage - so Bhy's lack of mana gain bonus may not be relevant either.
 === Fighting ===
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 '''Soloing:''' Until Hero 101, stormlords solo [[:Category:Mages#Fighting_2|identical to mages]]. Once they practice their weather spells, use those instead.
-It is critical to realize that sustained spells only work if the stormlord is not interrupted! Thsi means if the mobs attack before the stm does, they will interrupt and the spell will immediately fall. Thus, at all times, the stm needs to be ''on top'' of the mobs using '''linkrefresh''' command after the area repops.
+It is critical to realize that sustained spells only work if the stormlord is not interrupted! This means if the mobs attack before the stm does, they will interrupt and the spell will immediately fall. Thus, at all times, the stm needs to be ''on top'' of the mobs using '''linkrefresh''' command after the area repops (or simply relog).
 '''Tanking:''' Stormlords can tank as well as mages can, and to be able to use their stormlord spells they need to be ''ontop'' of the target they are fighting. Same as above, use the '''linkrefresh group''' command as soon as the area repops as this will help both the weather spells and the groupies' overall hitting.
-'''Hitting:''' Make pretty decent hitters once they get some mana, especially if somewhat more brutish race and/or worshiping a melee-increasing deities like Quixoltan or Bhyss. Cloudburst does better damage than disintegrate, and for a much lower cost, and ''also'' works with chaos channel; so even a stm with relatively low mana can run for a pretty long time. Hail storm if the tank is fighting multiple mobs. If in EHA, of if the group has dedicated bashers, consider sleet where appropriate.
+'''Hitting:''' Make pretty decent hitters once they get some mana, especially if somewhat more brutish race and/or worshiping a melee-increasing deities like Quixoltan or Bhyss. Cloudburst does better damage than disintegrate, and it's activation works with chaos channel; so even a stm with relatively low mana can run for a pretty long time. Hail storm if the tank is fighting multiple mobs. If in EHA, of if the group has dedicated bashers, consider sleet where appropriate.
 '''Healing:''' Same as most other arcane casters, stormlords can brandish healing staves, and also have access to [[Heal]] in emergencies.
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 == Stormlords at Lord Tier ==
-At lord tier, stormlords receive comparable mana to a mage, but it can last a long while. Since maelstrom doesn't do much damage with when cast by a stormlord, they use [[Thunderhead]] and [[Blizzard]] for single-target and area attacks, respectively.
+At lord tier, stormlords receive comparable mana to a mage, but it can last a long while as they do not surge. Since maelstrom doesn't do much damage with when cast by a stormlord, they use [[Thunderhead]] and [[Blizzard]] for single-target and area attacks, respectively.
-Another utility spell is [[Stratum]], which is not used much at hero tier due to high costs and being easily interruptable. Using a gale stratum will allow you to avoid most area effect spells which would have damaged you as well as stopped your sustained spell. Sleet stratum lowers your chances of getting aggied, although it'll break the first time you do get aggied and you can't stratum again for a few ticks after. Thunderhead or blizzard stratum raise the damage done by their respective spells, allowing you to hit harder.
+Another utility spell is [[Stratum]], which is not used much at hero tier due to high costs and being easily interrupted. Using a gale stratum will allow you to avoid most area effect spells which would have damaged you as well as stopped your sustained spell. Sleet stratum lowers your chances of getting aggied (in addition to making bashes easier), although it'll break the first time you do get aggied and you can't stratum again for a few ticks after. Thunderhead or blizzard stratum raise the damage done by their respective spells, allowing you to hit harder.
 At lord level 25, you become able to learn [[Strata Control]], which essentially lets you have 2 strata at the same time (they can't be 2 of the same, though). All strata will break if you are aggied or if you rest/sleep, and forced breaking such as that render it exhausted for about 4 ticks. If you need quick surge damage Maelstrom is still an option as well, and can be nice at times if a lot of area attacks are being used and you can't use a gale stratum.
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 == Stormlord Remort Options ==
-Stormlords cannot remort classes, so racial remort only. As usual for a caster class, any race with good magical abilities will do well. High elf, sprite, demonseed, tuataur and dragon are all good options, just watch out for sprite's poor survivability and dragon's tnl. The extra hp of stm may help sprites.
+Stormlords cannot remort class, so only racial remort is available. As usual for a caster class, any race with good magical abilities will do well. High elf, sprite, demonseed, tuataur and dragon are all good options, just watch out for sprite's poor survivability and dragon's tnl. The extra hp of stm may help sprites.
 [[Category:Prestige Classes]]